Kerala Train fire case: According to Kerala Police, the prime suspect within the train fire case confessed to the crime on Friday. ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar instructed reporters that the accused has admitted that he dedicated the crime and police had been questioning the accused.
An accused concerned in such circumstances could not reveal his motive and interrogation is an extended course of, Kumar stated. The interrogation of the accused was underway and additional particulars can’t be disclosed at this level, he added.
Hours after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) secured the custody of the accused, the senior officer stated the workforce was probing all angles.
“We will take him to collect evidence as the interrogation proceeds,” he added. The custody of the accused was obtained after he was declared bodily match by a medical board right here.
The police official additionally stated the bag, which was discovered alongside the observe with a guide and a bottle of petrol belongs to the accused.
Earlier, a courtroom right here granted 11-days custody of Shahrukh Saifi, who’s accused of setting his co-passengers on fire on board Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train when it reached Korapuzha bridge in Kozhikode.
Nine individuals suffered burn accidents whereas three together with a toddler had been discovered useless on the observe. Police suspect that they fell whereas making an attempt to escape from the fire.
What was the incident?
On April 3, at the very least three individuals had been killed and several other others sustained burn accidents after an unidentified individual splashed an inflammable substance contained in the compartment of a shifting train and set it ablaze.
According to stories, the suspect had poured petrol on a passenger and set a fire contained in the D1 compartment of the Alappuzha-Kannur Main Executive Express train close to Elathur in Kozhikode district. One of the injured individuals had knowledgeable that an unidentified assailant splashed an inflammable substance, seemingly petrol or kerosene, and set the train on fire.
The our bodies of a girl, an toddler, and a person, who went lacking from the train after the fire, had been recovered from the tracks close to the Elathur railway station, late on Sunday night time. Police consider they fell off the train or tried to get down after seeing the fire.
(With PTI enter)
